The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18
A Statement Received Of a q. s. Fish.
ing Schooner
Being Fired on and Sunk by q Can
adian Cruiser.
Lively Developments Growing Out Of
the ChatswOrth Disaster.
Senator Rlddleberger Lays in Jail at
Winchester.


the Gulf of st. Lawrence shore of New
brunswick, tells startling and sensa-
tiOnal story. lie says that q fishing
schooner belonging to the United
States has been sunk by a shot from
one of the Canadian cruisers, and that
all on board were lost. The statement
appears incredible, but the reliability of
the person who communicated it can
be depended upon. He states that
one night about eight days ago,
while sleeping in house in
Buctouche, himself and his wife
were awakened by loud reports
They heard nothing further and
concluded that the noise was merely
pealS of thunder. In the morning they
were told that they had heard reports
of two cannon shots, which were fired
from "A cruiser in pursuit of an Ameri-
can fishing schooner. The second
shot struck one of the schooner's masts,
which fell with the sails and turned the
schooner completely over on her side,
when she fell and sank Immediately
Every man on board went down, there
to launch a boat. The af-
fair, he states, was witnessed
by a couple of Buctouche fishermen,
who we're off shore in row boat and
who carried the news home after seeing
the terrible result of her shots. The
put 10 SEA, anu WAS SOOn 1OSI In
the night. The reports were heard by
nearly everybody in the village. The
gentleman says that every effort is be-
ing made to keep it quiet. If it tran
spires that an American vessel and her
crew have been sunk in this manner
very grave complications will ensue.
The number of lives lost would proba-
bly, be fifteen.
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
TORONTO, Ont, Aug. 15.-The man.
ager of the telegraph Office at Buotouche
sends the following answer to an in
quiry about the report that Canadian
cruiser had sunk a United States fish
ing schooner at that port: Il have
heard about the story published in the
United States, but do not believe there
is any truth in it. People here did
hear some firing, but they do not know
what it was. They also heard that
lot of prisoners were taken to Richi-
buto, but that is not true. / believe
the whole thing to be a canard."
DOES NOT RELIEVE 1T.
OTTowA Ont, Aug. 15.-The depart
ment of fisheries have no information
as to the alleged sinking of the Ameri
can schooner with the loss of her entire
crew off Buotocuhe, New Brunswick,
and expresses entire disbelief in the
genuiness of the report to that effect as
published in the United States.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-The Times to-
day has a dispatch stating that two
men have been arrested on the charge
of being the incendiaries who caused
the Chatsworth horror. A farm hand
named i. DObbs of Kentland, informed
Times correspondent that the
two men were given a prelim-
tice of the peace and the proof
against them was considered strong
enough to hold them in jail, where they
are now confined, pending further pro-
ceedings. Dobbs added that his en-
ployer, Kenoya. was present at the ex-
animation. The correspondent learned
from w. F. Terrell, the conductor
of freight train, that the arrest had
accustomed considerable excite
ment near the state line.
lie also said that YardmaSter Jones,
of the T., =. Il w. railroad, who Is
stationed at the state line, visited
kentland Saturday evening and con-
firmed the truth of the story.
THE FoREMAN's STATEMENT DOUBTED.
CHATswoRTH; ILL.,, Aug. ia state
ment was made by j. F. Billiard, cit
iZen highly respected, to reporter to-
day. Mr.. Billiard says he saw section
men carrying water into the house of
the section foreman on Wednesday
afternoon between and 4 O'Clock,
while before the corOner's jury the sec
ton foreman and his men testified that
they were on the road at the time men
toned. 1t is inferred that the road
was not examined at all on Wednes-
day, despite the instructions proved by
the section foreman from the road
master.
A BIO swINDLE.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. ia start
ling statement is made of Emil Schoen-
berg, the partner of John +. BetZ, the
millionaire brewer, that he is a forger
to large amount. Mr.. Betz makes
the statement point blank that SchOen-
berg has forged his name, and that he
intends to take such measures as will
lead to that gentleuan's unwilling re-
turn to this city.
Mr.. BetZ, in relation to the firm of
Betz Il SchOenberg, says that 1t never
existed and authorizes u statement in
which he says that when the Germania
brewery was projected he went into it
as a stakeholder and Schoenberg also
took Sl25 900 worth of stock. SchOen-
berg did not have this amount of
ready cash and therefore he borrowed
money from several banks in this city,
giving as security variety of paper
which was thought TO be good, but it
has since TRANSFERRED that the sigma
lures and endorsements upon some of
the papers were forgeries.
Mr.. Betz' name was used upon some
of it, both as treasurer of the Germa-
mia Brewing company and as an individ-
ual endOrser of the notes. The name
of s. X. Nestor, the Geneva, New
York, malster also appeared upon some
of the paper without the effort or con
sent of her. The forgeries came tt
light before Mr.. Schoenberg took him
self out of the way, and to extricatC
himself. from the corner in which h
found himself he transferred a portion
of his brewery stock to Mr.. Betz as col
lateral to protect the fraudulant paper
1t now transpires that there wer
many more victims and that Schoen
berg's Indebtedness will amount {,
about $500, 900. Yeungling of New
York, David w. Stewart and E. II
Poulterer are among those victimized
Schoenberg was last seen in Chicago
BetZ is out about $50, 900 and liable 10
$4,000 more. Betz's partner, Nestol
Is out 100000, Stewart SlS, 900, Pou
terer $1,000, and a number Of other
are out less amounts. The margin b,
tween Schoenberg's assets and forge
les will be about Sl75, 600.
ALL DOUBT REMOVED.
New YORK, Aug. l3.-An doubt 8
to the cause of the suicide of FreC
erick j. Horton, who killed himse
some days ago after leaving letter II
questing his parents to be kind to Ey
Keppel, the 16-year-old-girI to who
he was attached, was dispelled to-dS
when the certificate was recorded
the health department Of Brooklyn
the birth OF male child on August 81
at No. as Clermont Avenue, the re-
dence Of its mother, Eva KeppC
whose age is given as 16 years.
SHOT A BAD MAN.
NEW YORK, Aug. l3.-In a row
Sandy Murphy's, Chatham Square s
loon to-day, Murphy shot and fatal
HuI| A.
AHWhyo Gang" who essayed